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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
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The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Egypt
Mubarak Turns to Military for Support

Mubarak Turns to Military for Support

After a dramatic day in which hundreds of thousands of Egyptians came out in all the major towns and cities of the country to challenge […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
"Egypt is a Praetorian State:" Cole on Democracy Now!

“Egypt is a Praetorian State:” Cole on Democracy Now!

My interview on Democracy Now on the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 is available on the Web. A text transcript follows at that link. and here […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Thousands of Protesters Challenge Police Crackdown in Egypt

Thousands of Protesters Challenge Police Crackdown in Egypt

Thousands of protesters came out into the streets of Cairo on Friday, to be met with concerted opposition from the security police, who kept them […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Demonstrators Rev up for Big Friday as Regime Cracks Down

Egyptian Demonstrators Rev up for Big Friday as Regime Cracks Down

As of Friday Egypt began being cut off from text messaging and internet access was disrupted ahead of planned mass protests. At 12:30 am Egyptian […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptians Defy Protest Ban, Plan big Rallies for Friday; Death toll Rises to 6

Egyptians Defy Protest Ban, Plan big Rallies for Friday; Death toll Rises to 6

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton backed away from her unqualified support of the Egyptian government on Wednesday, saying, “We believe strongly that the Egyptian government […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Anzalone: Hezbollah’s Double Standards: Tunisia and Iran

Anzalone: Hezbollah’s Double Standards: Tunisia and Iran

Christopher Anzalone writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Hezbollah’s Double Standards: Tunisia, Iran, & Popular Protest Hezbollah just issued a statement via its […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt forbids Protests a Day after it was Shaken by Thousands of Demonstrators, 3 Killed

Egypt forbids Protests a Day after it was Shaken by Thousands of Demonstrators, 3 Killed

Egypt was wracked by demonstrations on Tuesday’s “Day of Rage,” called for by the April 6 committee of youth activists on social media last week. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Pressman:  One Leaked Document on the Annapolis Process

Pressman: One Leaked Document on the Annapolis Process

Jeremy Pressman writes in a guest column for Informed Comment One Document in the Annapolis Process Jeremy Pressman As al-Jazeera continues to release more leaked […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The US Corruption Game – Cole in Tomdispatch

The US Corruption Game – Cole in Tomdispatch

My essay, “The Corruption Game: What the Tunisian Revolution and WikiLeaks Tell Us about American Support for Corrupt Dictatorships in the Muslim World is up […]

Juan Cole

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